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كريم

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See also: كریم

Arabic

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Root
ك ر م (k r m)
8 terms

Etymology 1

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فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb كَرُمَ (karuma, to become noble, to become generous).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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كَرِيم (karīm) (common plural كِرَام (kirām), masculine plural كَرِيمُونَ (karīmūna) or أَكْرِمَاء (ʔakrimāʔ) or كُرَمَاء (kuramāʔ), feminine plural كَرِيمَات (karīmāt) or كَرَائِم (karāʔim), elative أَكْرَم (ʔakram))

  1. noble, noble-minded, beneficent, kind, gracious
    • 10th century, Al-Mutanabbi
      إِذَا أَنْتَ أَكْرَمْتَ الْكَرِيمَ مَلَكْتَهُ / وَإِنْ أَنْتَ أَكْرَمْتَ اللَّئِيمَ تَمَرَّدَا
      ʔiḏā ʔanta ʔakramta al-karīma malaktahu / waʔin ʔanta ʔakramta l-laʔīma tamarradā
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Synonym: نَبِيل (nabīl)
    Antonym: لَئِيم (laʔīm)
  2. generous, liberal
    Synonym: سَخِيّ (saḵiyy)
    Antonym: بَخِيل (baḵīl)
    كَرِيمٌ هُوَ الَّذِي يَسْتَمِعُ إِلَى الآخَرِينَ وَيَسَاعِدُهُمْ بِكُلِّ مَا يَحْتَاجُونَ إِلَيْهِ.
    karīmun huwa llaḏī yastamiʕu ʔilā l-ʔāḵarīna wayasāʕiduhum bikulli mā yaḥtājūna ʔilayhi.
    He is generous, as he listens to others and helps them with everything they need.
  3. venerable, honored
  4. precious
    حَجَرٌ كَرِيمٌḥajarun karīmunprecious stone
  5. (definite) a title of God in Islam
  6. a kind of turtledove
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Descendants
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  • Ottoman Turkish: كریم (kerim)
    • Turkish: kerim

Proper noun

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كَرِيم (karīmm

  1. a male given name, Karim or Kareem
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French crème.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kriːm/, /kreːm/, /ke.reːm/

Noun

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كْرِيم or كِرِيم or كْرِيم (krēm or kerēm or krīmm (plural كْرِيمَات (krēmāt) or كِرِيمَات (kerēmāt) or كْرِيمَات (krīmāt))

  1. cream
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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “كريم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN